Collar-button and necktie-slide



, A. J. EDWARDS. COLLAR BUTTON AND NECKTIE SLIDE.

- INVENTOR Albert J. Edwards ATTORNEY UNlTED srArss ALBERT J. EDWARDS,0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

GOLIhAIIEt-BUT'I'ON AND NEOKTIE-SLIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed January 19, 1920. Serial No. 352,428.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT J. EDWARDS,

lar to slide easily, it being among the objects of this invention toproduce a device which will function as a collar button and necktieslide, which is easy toadjust, and which does not allow the collar toride up on the neck.

In carrying the objects of my invention into effect, I provide a devicewhich. is formed from a single piece of material, such as metal,celluloid, etc., and has thereon a shoulder which engages the buttonhole of the collar and also has an upwardly extended portion which restsin the neck band of the shirt securely holding the collar and shirt inproper position. A tie slide is formed by bending the other end of theblank in the reverse direction.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and inwhich similar reference characters denote similar parts,

Figure 1, illustrates a rear View of a collar, some parts being brokenaway to show my new device in position,

Fig. 2, a view partially in section showing a collar and shirt providedwith my device, and

Figs. 3 and 4, side and front views of the device respectively.

The ordinary collar lhas a rear button hole 2 which is lined up with therear button hole 3 of the shirt. The device which holds the two togethercomprises a body portion 4 the sides of which taper, as shown at 5, thewidest portion of the body 4 being at the lower end thereof. Shoulders 6are formed on the base portion and an offset 7 is formed adjacentthereto, the extreme end of the body portion being bent upwardly, asshown at 8, to form a locking member which fits into the neck band ofthe shirt. The upper end of body portion 4 is bent downwardly on itselfto form a tongue 9 on the side of body portion 4 opposite to bentportion 8.

The tie is inserted in the space between portions 4 -and 9 and there isno tendency for the necktie to bind in the collar. Due to the shoulders6 the collar is prevented from moving up over the edges 5 of the body 4;and the bent portion 8, together with offset 7 form a locking devicewhich prevents the shirt from moving either up or down. It is seen,therefore, that with this device in place there is no tendency forrelative movement of shirt and collar, nor can the necktie bind in thecollar.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A collar button and necktie slide combined comprising a tapering bodyportion, the lower end thereof being wider than the upper, shouldersformed on said lower end, an offset portion in proximity to saidshoulder, the extreme lower end of the device being bent upwardly on thesame side as the offset, and the extreme upperend being tapered andbeing bent downwardly on the side opposite to the upwardly bent end.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis,Indiana, this 14th day of January, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty.

ALBERT J. EDWARDS. a 5.] \Vitnesses I H. C. BInnMAN, -MARTHA MARTINDALE;

